Running VDR mostly without any GUI (xawtv, kvdr, ...) there is no visual representation of the current VDR state (e.g. recording). This plugin shows VDR status informations using the keyboard leds.

History

Version	Description
0.0.7	- Presignaling of recordings using computer speaker beeps
0.0.6	- The OSD settings for using blinkd and per record blinking are now taken correctly from setup.conf (thanks to Heiko Meyer).
0.0.5	- Plugin compiles now with vdr 1.3.0
0.0.4	- Now it's possible to use blinkd for remote signaling
0.0.3	- Inserted some missing command line argument handling - New command line argument "-c console"
0.0.2	Fixed crash at vdr stop
0.0.1	First release of the plugin

Requirements

• vdr >= 1.2.x (1.1.x should be possible also)
• vdr running as superuser (for console access) or adding the vdr user to the tty group
• If you want to use blinkd, blink and blinkd must be installed

Installation und Compilation

• Download the latest release from SourceForge
• cd $VDR/PLUGINS/src
• tar xvfj statusleds-X.Y.Z.bz2
• ln -s statusleds-X.Y.Z statusleds
• cd $VDR
• make plugins

Running the plugin

• Append -Pstatusleds to the VDR command line
• Options may be appended, if the OSD configuration is not wanted

  Parameter	Description
  -l led, --led=led	Sets the status led to use Possible values: 0: Scroll (Standard) 1: Num 2: Caps
  -d timing, --duration=timing	Sets the timing values in 100ms Format: on-time,off-time,on-pause-time Standard: 1,10,5
  -p, --perrecordblinking	Enables displaying the count of the concurrent active recordings
  -c console, --console=console	Assigns another console device (default /dev/console)
  -b [host:[port]], --blinkd=[host[:port]]	Use blinkd for (local or remote) signaling

How it works

Using keyboard LEDs for record signalisation

• If one or more recordings are active, the selected led is blinking
• -p is not given:
• the led is on-time active
• the led is off-time inactive
• -p is given:
• the led is for each running recording on-time active and on-pause-time inactive.
• after this cycles the led is for off-time inactive.
• If no recording is in progress the led is permanently inactive.
• If blinkd is used, the timings are controlled by blinkd

Using beeps to presignal recordings

Configuration using the OSD

There is an OSD menu entry Settings->Plugins->statusleds.

Problems

Command line switches -d, -b and -w seems not to be functional.

Future

The following features are planned fur later releases:

• Presignalisation of scheduled recordings, if none is currently in progress